Fundamental Truth

You can call a Man Fatso but not a Woman because of the Double Standard when it comes to being Fat

Back when David Letterman was on NBC and the show was called Late Night with David Lettermen they had an old football player on one night. I think he was a defensive linesman or a linebacker. Who played football before there was money in playing football. Back then it was just guys playing a game hard and then getting drunk afterwards.

On this episode of Late Night this football player was telling a story about one game. It was late in the fourth quarter. The score was already decided. Nothing could happen to change who was going to win the game. But the other team was still playing hard. Trying to win. So after one play he wandered over and entered the other team’s huddle and said something like, “Come on, guys. Let’s just wrap this up and go get some beers already.” At which point one of his teammates yelled over to him from the other huddle, “Hey fatso! You’re in the wrong huddle.”

“Hey fatso! You’re in the wrong huddle.” It’s funny. For that’s the way guys are. They hurl insults at each other. And if you were a heavy guy there was nothing wrong with calling you ‘fatso’. It’s the way men joke around. It doesn’t work with women, though. If you have an overweight female coworker and you address her as fatso you’ll find yourself in sensitivity awareness training. Or fired. Because there is a double standard when it comes to being fat. You can call a man fatso. But not a woman.

Anyone espousing Keynesian Policies should be Criticized for they are doing Harm to the Economy

The political opposition and the main stream media treat President Obama with kid gloves. They will not attack him. Or even criticize his policies. Because President Obama is the first black president. And the political opposition and the mainstream media are terrified that someone will call them racist if they do. They fear that so much they’d rather see the economy collapse from his Keynesian economic policies than risk being called a racist.

President Obama is a Keynesian. Like most people in Washington making policy are. Which is a shame. As the historical record clearly shows these policies fail. But our politicians still manipulate interest rates. And spend money. Believing in the fallacy of demand-side economics. Which didn’t work to end the Great Depression. It only made the stagflation of the Seventies worse. It created a dot-com bubble and a dot-com recession. And it created a housing bubble and a subprime mortgage crisis. Giving us the Great Recession. And further Keynesian policies on top of these past failed policies have given us the worst economic recovery since that following the Great Depression.

So anyone espousing Keynesian policies should be attacked and criticized. For they are doing harm to the economy. And the country. Which is why the Democrats love President Obama. (Well, at least before Obamacare threatened their reelection chances). Because they can have him do all the things they want to do. Manipulate interest rates. Keep them near zero. By printing money. And then borrow even more money at those near-zero interest rates. Allowing the government to go on an orgy of spending. That’s why they love President Obama. (Well, at least before Obamacare threatened their reelection chances). For if anyone criticizes this reckless and irresponsible policy they can just label them a racist. And they immediately shut up. Just knowing this keeps people from speaking up in the first place.

It’s easier to Lie when you can Scare away Criticism with Charges of Racism or Sexism

But the political opposition and the mainstream media have no problem calling Governor Christie a fat man. Christie is not black. A woman. Or a Democrat. So he’s fair game. They can make the most vile fat slurs with him and it’s okay. Fatso. Fat-ass. Whatever. They don’t call it hateful. They just laugh. And pile on. They’ll even go so far as to call him a fat elephant on the cover of Time Magazine. Putting a very large profile of him that takes up most of the cover and call him the elephant in the room (a GOP reference). Because it’s okay to call him fat-ass and every other possible fat slur you can think of. But do you know who you can’t call fat? Hillary Clinton.

Should Hillary Clinton run for president again the political opposition and the mainstream media will treat her with kid gloves. They won’t call her fatso. Or fat-ass. Because that wouldn’t be nice. It’s okay to use those invectives against Governor Christie. (Just take the Christie fat slurs and replace his name with hers and see the kind of reactions you get). But if you dare use that tone with Hillary Clinton they will label you a sexist. Accuse you of being afraid of strong women (but not so strong as to be able to put up with fat jokes like Governor Christie). Proof that there is a Republican war on women. And should she win the presidency there will be little criticism of her policies. Because no one wants to be labeled a sexist. Or be accused of being afraid of strong women. Especially with the first female president. So she will get a pass on most everything she does. Like President Obama. Despite being as deserving of attacks and criticism. For she is a Keynesian, too.

With only 23% of the nation identifying as liberal the left has trouble passing their liberal policies. So they lie, of course. A lot. And it’s easier to lie when you can scare away criticism with charges of racism. Or sexism. Which is why they like President Obama so much. (Well, at least before Obamacare threatened their reelection chances). He was the first black president. Which made it harder for some to criticize him. Which helped make the lying easier. So they will most likely try to follow this strategy. Perhaps with Hillary Clinton. Who may be the first female president. Following that with other ‘firsts’. Until the opposition and the mainstream media learn that criticizing a woman’s policies doesn’t make you a sexist. Or afraid of strong women. It just means you’re criticizing a person with bad policies who happens to be a woman. Just as they will be able to criticize a black president one day.

Week in Review

President Obama escapes a lot of criticism. The mainstream media is very gentle with him. Unlike they were with George W. Bush. Who they pilloried on a daily basis. But not President Obama. Part of the reason is because he is a Democrat and the mainstream media has a liberal bias. But there is something else. He’s black. And there are some who will call any criticism of a black president racism. Something no one wants to be accused of. But there is still something else. And it goes back to America’s original sin. Slavery.

If you’re not familiar with world history you probably think that the United States invented slavery. And that the white Founding Fathers created a racist nation. Which only ended when the great ‘Democrat’ Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. ‘Democrat’ is in quotation marks because Lincoln was not a Democrat. He was a Republican. But as our kids leave our public schools believing that Republicans are racists they just assume the Great Emancipator was a Democrat.

So with this background a lot of white people went to the polls in 2008 and voted for Barack Obama. To atone for the sins they never personally committed. To finally end racism in America. To absolve the nation of its original sin. The ‘creation’ of slavery. Even though the Americans did not invent slavery. Nor did the abolition of slavery in America end slavery in the world. In fact, it still exists today (see New global index exposes ‘modern slavery’ worldwide posted 10/17/2013 on BBC News World).

Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries.

The worst offenders are included in a table:

Western nations that embrace free market capitalism are conspicuous by their absence from this list. Which just goes to show you that with economic freedom comes liberty. For when people buy and sell in mutually beneficial exchanges the people win. When the government controls the economy and decides what’s best for the people the people lose.

The index was compiled by Australian-based rights organisation Walk Free Foundation using a definition of modern slavery that includes debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking…

The organisation’s estimate of 29.8 million slaves worldwide is higher than other attempts to quantify modern slavery. The International Labour Organisation estimates that almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour…

For all the faults the left says America has (it’s racist, unfair, favors the rich, etc.) there is no debt bondage, forced marriage, human trafficking or forced labor. In fact, the people from every country on that list would love to trade their debt bondage, forced marriage, human trafficking or forced labor for life in the fault-ridden United States. No matter how bad the left says America is.

Fundamental Truth

Liberals seem more Mainstream than they are because they hold Key Positions of Power

Liberals have one very unpleasant fact to deal with. Theirs is a minority viewpoint. According to Gallup (see Conservatives Remain the Largest Ideological Group in U.S. by Lydia Saad posted 1/12/2012 on Gallup), the American people identify themselves in 2010 as follows: conservative (40%), moderate (35%) and liberal (21%). And the above referenced Gallup poll shows that the American people haven’t trended far from these numbers since 1992.

So the liberal cause is an uphill battle to begin with. As 79% of the American people do not identify themselves with their views. Which are basically a bigger, activist government. More rules and regulations in our personal lives. More fun and less restraint. More casual sex and less traditional marriage. Keynesian economic policies where the government plays with interest rates, creating large asset bubbles (such as housing bubbles) which give us very long and painful recessions to undo the damage an activist Keynesian government makes. Like the subprime mortgage crisis. Anti-energy policies that increase the cost of energy so they can subsidize more costly green energy. Free birth control and access to abortion on demand. And Obamacare. To name a few.

Some may feel that liberalism is more mainstream than the poll numbers suggest. But that’s only because though their numbers are small they hold key positions of power. They control the public schools. And our colleges and universities. They control the mainstream media. And the entertainment industry. Giving liberals a very powerful bully pulpit. When late-night television ridicules conservatives millions of impressionable people see it. And see how cool it is to ridicule conservatives. Reinforcing everything they’ve learned in our public schools, colleges, universities, mainstream media and, of course, the entertainment industry. Yet despite all of this the best they can do is to get 21% of the people to think like them. To want what they want. And to do as they want them to do.

A Liberal Woman uses Birth Control and Abortion to keep her Fertility Rate Lower than a Conservative Woman’s

Why is this? Because of parents. Perhaps the greatest obstacle liberals have in transforming the country into the European social democracy they want. With them sitting atop the power structure. Much like the aristocracy of the Old World where they were free to tell people to do as they say, not as they do. For while forcing their highly regulated world upon us they will exempt themselves from the less pleasant things. Putting themselves above the laws they don’t like but feel are in our best interests. Which we would understand if only we were as smart as them.

And every time they turn around there is some parent trying to undo all of their work. For they only have our children for less than a third of a day, 5 days a week. Worse, they don’t even get our kids into their education camps, I mean, schools, until they’ve lived exclusively with their parents for 5 or 6 years. If you ever wondered why the Democrats are always pushing for state-funded childcare this is the reason. To get to our kids sooner. Before their parents can warp their minds with non-liberal viewpoints. Like not to fear the coming apocalypse of global warming. In fact some of these parents are such poor parents that they’ll load their kids into a gas-guzzling, carbon-polluting SUV and take them on a vacation. Letting a child enjoy being in a big, comfortable and safe vehicle out on the open road. Before liberals can teach them later that all of those things are bad. And wrong. But the real problem liberals have with parents like these is that there are just so many of them. Ironically, because of liberal policies that have altered fertility rates. Thanks to birth control and abortion. And their attacks on the traditional family.

Earlier we discussed replacement birthrates (see Aging Populations and Replacement Birthrate posted 7/8/2013 on Pithocrates). The current U.S. population is about 314 million. Using the Gallup numbers we calculated the number of liberals and conservatives in that 314 million and entered them into the beginning populations above. We assumed a generation lasting 20 years where couples will each bring in 1.5 babies if they’re liberals. Below the replacement birthrate. And 2.5 babies if they’re conservatives. Above the replacement birthrate. A conservative couple will have on average one more baby than a liberal couple. Because a conservative woman will live a closer life to the traditional family. While the liberal woman may pursue a career and not be interested in having children. Using birth control and abortion to keep her fertility rate lower than the conservative woman.

The Liberals’ Rise to Power was Slow and Steady via Incremental Change all but Unnoticeable to Each Generation

If we add the number of liberals and conservatives together (we’ll call it the L/C Universe) they total approximately 191 million people. Where liberals make up 34% of the L/C Universe. While conservatives make up 66% of the L/C Universe. As we move through 4 generations we see how the population increases. The liberal population grows 838%. While the conservative population grows 2,463%. Because of that extra baby per couple on average the conservative population grows over 5 times more than the liberal population. Dropping the liberals down to only 16% of the L/C Universe. While increasing the conservatives to 84% of the L/C Universe.

If you ever wondered why the Democrats are pushing so hard for immigration reform this is why. The liberal elite know their policies to encourage women to do anything BUT have babies threatens their long-term hold on power. That’s why they pander to blacks, women, the young, etc. They shower them with benefits and/or policies that make their lives a lot more fun. Such as free birth control. And accessible abortion. Things that really appeal to the young voter. Because that’s what they have on the mind most of the time. Casual and consequence-free sex. By treating pregnancy as a disease. To be prevented (birth control). Or cured (abortion). But in the wake of these policies is a dearth of new liberal voters. Which they hope to replace with immigration reform. Hoping that those they bring into the population vote Democrat. Grateful for their path to citizenship. To make up for all the babies that never were. Thanks to liberal attacks on the traditional family.

Unless the liberals can take our children away from us sooner and keep them longer (to countermand any conservative education their parents give them) their lower fertility rates will push liberalism to extinction. How ironic indeed that the very policies that liberals and conservatives bitterly fight over the most may lead to their fall from power. Birth control. And abortion. The greatest threats to liberalism. Their rise to power was slow and steady through incremental change. Almost unnoticeable to each generation. As will be their fall. Unless, of course, they use extralegal tactics to get around the will of the people. Such as ruling by executive order. And using the courts to make law the Congress won’t. But what are the odds of that ever happening?

Fundamental Truth

Another Big Reason why College Tuition has been Soaring is because of Public Sector Unions

College tuition is rising. With increases greater than the rate of inflation. With some tuition costs growing greater than costs in health care. There are many reasons for this. Unlike private sector business colleges cannot produce more with less. That is, they cannot use productivity gains to educate more students with fewer professors. Auto manufacturers can use robots to replace people on the assembly line. Reducing wage, pension and health care costs. The biggest costs that go into a car.

Universities are big campuses with lots of buildings that basically do one thing. Sit students down in front of a professor. This hasn’t change since the first days of higher education. The only things that have changed are the buildings are a lot nicer. And university employees all have better pay, pensions and health care than they used to have. Which is why tuition costs keep rising. For universities, unlike auto manufacturers, can’t speed up their assembly lines by using robots instead of people. But it’s not only the auto manufacturers and the universities that have high labor, pension and health care costs.

Another big reason why university tuition has been soaring is because of public sector unions. Who have negotiated some extremely generous union contracts. Cities and states everywhere are drowning under the costs of their labor, pension and health care costs. Forcing them to cut back spending elsewhere to pay for those generous public sector union contracts. So they’re cutting back on their subsidies for higher education. And what the state cuts the universities just tack on to the student’s tuition bill.

Universities lure High School Kids into College with Promises of a Big Paycheck for an Easy Degree

Today’s tuition costs will saddle a student with the kind of debt that can pay for a house. A very big house. One of those McMansions. Depending on where you go to college. Which is all well and fine if a student gets a high-paying job after graduating. Sadly, though, a lot aren’t. A lot are taking jobs that they could have gotten out of high school. Without that massive student loan debt. Debt they will be paying for a long, long time. Making it very difficult for them to buy a house and start a family. And the reason for this is too many students are taking degrees with no market value in a high-tech economy.

Today’s businesses are looking for people with a strong science and math background. For this is what businesses in a high-tech economy need. Not people with degrees in anthropology. Philosophy. Women’s studies. Art history. Comparative literature. Communication. Or a myriad of other degrees that a business just can’t use. Yet our universities are selling these degrees. Telling their prospective students who don’t want the heavy math load a science and engineering degree requires that these other degrees are just as good. And that they, too, can have that big paycheck. Just like engineers and chemists and doctors and physicists. All they need is a student loan. And the world can be their oyster.

So these kids starting their adult lives start that life by making one of the worst decisions of their lives. Because they really want to go to college. For the fun. Universities lure these high school kids into higher education. Appealing to them as adults. Who can live away from home out from under the judgmental eyes of their parents. For on a college campus there is a lot of fun to be had. Sex. Drugs. Alcohol. And health services. Such as birth control and access to abortion services. For all the consequence-free fun a high school graduate could ever ask for. This is the bait. And all they have to do to have all of that grownup fun is to borrow enormous sums of money that they will probably never be able to pay back.

Liberals say You should Never Rush to Judgment, Especially if we can’t Blame Conservatives

For the universities, though, it’s not just the money. For their curriculum is the product of those Sixties’ radicals. Who tried to overthrow capitalism. And replace it with communism. As they were never able to incite the workers’ revolt in the United States they changed tack. And continued their revolution from the inside. By becoming college professors. Who eventually got tenure. And went on to write the curriculum. Basically an anti-capitalist, America is responsible for all the world’s problems and an anti-religious/anti-tradition curriculum. Hence the socially liberal campus where anything goes. And those college degrees that have no market value. That advanced a relentless attack on capitalism and business. And made their students eschew American greatness.

This curriculum has helped President Obama win reelection despite a horrific economic record. And a brutal attack on the American mission in Benghazi. The result of a failed foreign policy that tried to make nice with America’s enemies. Who have been trying—and at times succeeding—to kill Americans. The Fort Hood shooting by a radical Islamist. The underwear bomber (failed Islamist plot). The Times Square bomber (failed Islamist plot). As well as other smaller and lesser known incidents. Both successful and failed Islamist plots. Then Benghazi. And the death of 4 Americans. Despite earlier witnessing an increase of anti-Western violence in the city. A resurgent al Qaeda. And an anniversary date holy to radical Islam. 9/11. The U.S. mission in Benghazi requested additional security. The Obama administration denied it as it would not fit the 2012 campaign meme. ‘Osama bin Laden is dead. And General Motors is alive.’ President Obama had won the War on Terror with the killing of bin Laden. Therefore, they couldn’t have a terrorist attack in Benghazi before the 2012 election. So the Obama administration made up the story about an anti-Islamic YouTube video that led to a spontaneous protest in front of the U.S. mission. A protest that naturally got out of hand when the people pulled RPGs and mortars out of their pockets and started a military assault on the American compound.

The Obama administration then started to disseminate the lie. They sent Secretary Rice to the Sunday morning television shows with severely edited talking points to downplay any role of radical Islam. Then President Obama and Secretary Clinton made numerous public statements denouncing that YouTube video. Even made a video to air in Pakistan. And the mainstream media, the product of that anti-capitalist, America is responsible for all the world’s problems and anti-religious/anti-tradition curriculum never questioned anything. They just dutifully carried the administration’s water. And now that signs of a cover-up are coming out the administration is saying the only reason why they made any edits to those talking points was to prevent anyone from rushing to judgment. Something they say we should never do. Especially if we can’t blame conservatives. Or Christians. Like they did with the YouTube video that proved to be a red herring. And as they—and their friends in the mainstream media—have rushed to judgment in the past. By quickly blaming radical conservatives for every other massacre. Only to see it turn out to be someone who wasn’t a conservative. But a radical Islamist(s) instead. Or someone suffering from mental illness.

Of course this wouldn’t be possible without higher education. Where college is more about making Democrat voters than giving students marketable skills. One could even blame those deaths in Benghazi on that anti-capitalist, America is responsible for all the world’s problems and anti-religious/anti-tradition curriculum. (As well as being the reason why these kids can’t find any high-paying jobs; the vote for anti-business Democrat candidates whose policies discourage economic growth.) Because protecting Americans in Benghazi would have been bad for the Democrats in 2012. So perhaps we should be addressing the high cost of higher education. And follow the example of the automotive industry. By producing more graduates with fewer professors. And put an end to the liberal Shangri la of the college campus. By replacing the bulk of higher education with online studies. For if a 15-year old girl can make medical decisions about the morning after pill by reading the contents of the packaging without consulting a doctor or parent then she can get her higher education online. Without all the fun. Or student loan debt.

Politics 101

Whenever an Unscrupulous Politician would look over His or Her Shoulder a Journalist would be There

It took 8 years to formally end the American Revolutionary War. America was finally free from the arbitrary rule of a foreign government in a distant land. The states could now govern themselves. Without that distant government trying to tax them. Regulate them. Or oppress them. Which is why there was fierce opposition to the new federal government. Only 4 years had passed since the end of the war. Memories were fresh. They did not want to trade one distant oppressor for another. It took a Bill of Rights to finally ratify the new Constitution. And the very first amendment to the U.S. Constitution stated:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

In the First Amendment is the right of a free press. Allowing our news media to report everything that happens without fear of governmental retribution. Even if it pisses off those in government. Especially if it pisses off those in government. Just to let them know someone is watching them. To keep them honest. Transparent. To let the people know the second they try to exceed the bounds of their constitutional authority.

It’s a noble profession. Being the guardian of the people. To speak truth to power. To dare say that the king isn’t wearing any clothes. Standing up to the powerful to protect the people. Just like the Founding Fathers did. When they stood up to the world’s greatest superpower. The British Empire. And so would the free press. Who would not be intimidated by any government. No. They would get into their face. And be on them like ugly on a pig. For whenever an unscrupulous politician would look over his or her shoulder a journalist would be there. Ready to report to the people all of their unscrupulous deeds.

And how is that brave and noble profession doing today? Don Henley wrote a song about it in 1982. Dirty Laundry. The title says a lot about how Henley felt about television journalism.

I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don’t have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

And little has changed since 1982. Television news loves it when people lose. And for these people reading the teleprompters on air nothing is better than when bad things happen to good people.

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you ’bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
It’s interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Unless those dead people are in Benghazi. Or their deaths can be traced to radical Islam. When they die for some reason it’s not interesting. When those bombs went off at the Boston Marathon the news media was all over the place. If you turned on a television there was someone standing somewhere in Boston telling us a lot of nothing. Because no one learned anything yet to tell. But they were offering up possible motives. It was in Boston. It was Patriots’ Day. Close to the anniversary of the fiery end of the siege at Waco. Close to the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. And it was tax day. April 15. It could mean only one thing. The bomber had to be a radical conservative. Just like they blamed the Newtown, Aurora and Tucson shootings on before they knew any of the facts. But radical conservatives committed none of these crimes.

When they found out the bombers were a couple of radical Islamists, though, things changed. Especially when we learned one of them had traveled to Dagestan, a hotbed of radical Islam. Stayed there for 6 months. The Russians had even warned us about this guy becoming radicalized. Yet the FBI let him back into the country. Didn’t pursue him. And didn’t even tell the Boston police about him. So they might take a closer look at him or his Islamist anti-American YouTube playlist before a big public event like the Boston Marathon. Now the news hardly mentions these new developments. For once they ruled out radical conservatives as the culprits they lost that gleam in their eye.

Today the Mainstream Media is nothing more than the Propaganda Arm of a Distant Powerful Government

Not only has television news degenerated into cheap tabloid journalism it also has become partisan. Instead of speaking truth to power they have become an arm of the powerful. President Obama blamed our troubles with radical Islam on George W. Bush. Because he was mean. So President Obama was going to be nice. He changed the language to be kinder to Islam. So as not to offend our Muslim friends. When Nidal Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar” like other radical Islamists do before they start killing innocent people President Obama called Hasan’s killing of 13 and wounding of 30 workplace violence. For the president refused to blame anything on radical Islam. In fact, after he killed Osama bin Laden he said the War on Terror was over. Al Qaeda was on ropes. And there were no more radical Islamists trying to kill Americans. This was the campaign message of the 2012 election. Osama bin Laden is dead. And General Motors is alive. Which the dutiful media reported without hesitation. Even though radical Islam had just killed 4 in Benghazi.

So in the president’s eyes there is no radical Islam. This is why the attack in Benghazi was a spontaneous uprising. By people who walk around with RPGs in their back pockets. Who were incited by a YouTube video. Not an al Qaeda attack. For the president won the War on Terror. So it couldn’t be al Qaeda. No. The Muslim world now loves us. Because George W. Bush is no longer president. But since President Obama has been in office radical Islamists have been trying to kill us. There was the underwear bomber. The Times Square bomber. And the Christmas tree lighting bomber. All plots that failed. Then there was Benghazi. And, of course, the Boston Marathon bombings. Proving that radical Islam is alive. And that they still hate Americans. No matter how much nicer President Obama is than President Bush. And now three whistleblowers are testifying before Congress about Benghazi. People who were there. And they contradict what the Obama administration has said. But other than Fox News no one is reporting this. Instead, they report more sensational tabloid news. While attacking and dismissing as partisan anyone that pursues the Benghazi story.

We can do “The Innuendo”
We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done we haven’t told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!

Journalism was once an honored profession. But journalists today have sold out and gone over to the dark side. Instead of standing up to power they protect those in power. Case in point Benghazi. President Obama, Secretary Clinton and Secretary Rice blamed Benghazi on a spontaneous uprising in response to a YouTube video. That according to the people there had nothing to do with the terrorist assault on the American mission. So the Obama administration lied. Few believed the lie back in September. No one believes it now. Yet the media doesn’t investigate why the administration lied. Instead, they attack those who do and call them partisan. Protecting the government. Unwilling to report to the people a single unscrupulous deed government does. Unless the unscrupulous one is a Republican.

The mainstream media stopped being objective journalists long ago. And today is nothing more than the propaganda arm of a powerful government in a distant land. That stifles the free press. By cutting anyone down to size who dares to criticize the federal government. Entertaining us instead of informing us. And here we are, 8 months after Benghazi and they still haven’t told us a thing about that terrorist attack that killed 4 Americans.

Politics 101

Sound Bites and Photo Opportunities define our Politicians Today

Perception is in the eye of the beholder. Are you familiar with the story about a real estate broker? He works in a small town with a main road through it connecting two larger cities. A lot of traffic travels this road. This broker has two properties listed for sale. One on the road into town. And one on the road out of town. All of these cars driving through this town see those two signs and think, “Wow, this guy must be the biggest broker in town. I see his signs everywhere.”

But he is not the biggest broker in town. But because his two signs are on the busiest road in town the perception is that he is. Because people can’t enter the town or leave the town without seeing one of what seem to be many of his signs. If they drove on the other streets of this town they would not see any of his signs. While they would see a great many of his competitors’ signs. With a detailed analysis people would conclude that this real estate broker is the smallest and least successful in town. But with only a cursory glance he is the biggest broker in town. This is perception.

Politicians understand perception. So they work hard to shape what people see and hear. And less on substance. That’s why sound bites and photo opportunities define our politicians. Politicians get their picture taken with babies and the down trodden to show how much they care. Their speeches will be nothing but a series of sound bites suitable for quoting by the talking heads on television and in political ads. And they will always answer a question with a prepared talking point. Instead of answering the question. And when it comes to campaigning they will take everything their opponents say out of context to change everyone’s perception about them.

Our Schools teach our Kids that a Just Society uses Government to Redistribute Wealth to make Society Fairer

Democrats are masters at creating perception. Which is easy to do when you have the mainstream media in your pocket. As well as college professors and high school teachers. The entertainment industry. The music industry. Etc. This small sliver of people has a profound impact on the masses. For they dominate what people hear and learn. And with them having a far left ideology their message is far left. So when this small sliver of people fills our airwaves, cable television, movies and our classrooms their minority viewpoint creates the perception of being the majority viewpoint. Like that real estate broker. Because it’s everywhere. While the majority of people who don’t share their ideology aren’t on television or in the movies. On the radio or teaching our kids in the classroom.

The perception our kids have of America when graduating from high school is not that good. Our teachers teach them that America stole the land from the Indians. And stole Spanish America from the Spanish who stole it from the Indians. They teach that slavery is America’s original sin. As if America invented the institution of slavery. Despite slavery having been around as long as civilization has been around. They teach that America grew rich because of free slave labor. Despite the South losing the American Civil War because the institution of slavery so impoverished the South that it was no match for what the North’s paid-labor could produce. They teach our kids that capitalism is unfair and that profits are evil. Despite the greatest oppression of people (as well as the lowest standards of living and greatest famines) has always been in anti-capitalistic nations (the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, Cuba, the countries of Eastern Europe during the cold war, etc.). While at the same time they teach our kids the goodness of government. And gloss over the oppression and privations of socialist/communist countries everywhere.

So our kids graduate from high school with the perception that if government doesn’t greatly regulate the free market the greed of capitalism will cause great unfairness. And that a just society uses government to redistribute wealth to make society fairer. And that anyone who opposes higher taxes and greater regulation to facilitate this fairer society hates kids. They want to pollute our air and water. They want unsafe food. They want women to die from cancer. They hate the planet. Poor people. Gay people. Etc. They hear this so often and so consistently that they accept it as the majority opinion. And when they go on to college or start watching the news this perception is reinforced. Which is why our young people vote Democrat. Because the perception is that Democrats are for the working man. The party that puts people before profits. While the Republicans put rich people, and their money, before everything else.

Was it the Rand filibuster that made President Obama launch a Charm Offensive?

A big part of forming perceptions is not telling the truth. When President Obama was candidate Obama he didn’t want to nationalize health care. He opposed same-sex marriage. He didn’t support gun control. He talked about transparency. He attacked President Bush for being fiscally irresponsible. And for running massive deficits that added to the debt. He talked about not spending more than the government collected. But the real President Obama was none of this. And the real President Obama has never left campaign mode. For he doesn’t govern. He continues to campaign. Against Republicans. Blaming them for every problem exasperated by his own policies. And, of course, he continues to blame George W. Bush. Always attacking Republicans. Always blaming Republicans. To reinforce a perception of the Republican Party that will benefit him. And his party. So he can win the House back in 2014. And finally govern as he always wanted to govern. As a president with no political opposition to restrain his powers.

The president’s Middle East foreign policy has been a disaster. He refused to support a Democracy movement in Iran. Our enemy. While supporting a democracy movement in Egypt. And in Libya. Our allies in the War on Terror. (But not in Syria. An ally of Iran.) Now the Middle East is becoming Islamist. And closer to Iran. Our enemy. And the enemy of peace and stability. This disastrous policy came to a head in Benghazi. Where four Americans died to advance the perception that President Obama had al Qaeda on the ropes. When in fact they were resurgent in Benghazi. Which our ambassador knew. And tried to tell his boss. Hillary Clinton. Begging for more security. Which never came. When questioned in Congress about who edited the talking points that Secretary Rice used on the Sunday morning talk shows to advance the lie that it was not al Qaeda but a spontaneous uprising in response to a YouTube video that no one had seen she yelled with righteous indignation, “What difference did it make!?!” An answer no one accepted in the Watergate investigation. Which Clinton assisted with as a young attorney. Back then a government cover-up made a big difference. Which led to impeachment hearings. That ended when President Nixon resigned. But the Obama administration would escape that fate. For the perception was that this was a Republican partisan witch hunt. Because they were racists and hated the president. And with all their support in entertainment, education and the news the people accepted this perception. And apparently didn’t care about the cover-up of Benghazi. Unlike they were about the cover-up of Watergate that resulted in no dead Americans.

And this is what made the Rand Paul filibuster so powerful. For he dared to challenge the perception that the Obama administration was sweet and innocent and transparent unlike the ‘criminal’ administration of George W. Bush. President Obama has expanded the use of drones. He has killed more people with them than George W. Bush. And a lot more innocent bystanders. Including a few Americans. Even appearing to want to reserve the right to use a drone strike on Americans on U.S. soil without due process even if they posed no imminent threat. The Obama administration finally stated that they wouldn’t do that. But not before those on the Left took notice of Rand Paul’s filibuster. Including Jon Stewart of the Daily Show. People who expected something like this from the Bush administration. But not from the Obama administration. Giving the Obama administration some rare negative press. Just enough to get some people to ask, “They want to do what?!?” And the fact that it took a 13-hour filibuster to get a simple ‘no’ out of the administration makes it look like, perhaps, it’s the Democrats who are not trying to cooperate with the Republicans. Unlike the perception that it’s the Republicans that are being uncooperative. Perhaps explaining why the president has launched a charm offensive. To improve a tarnished perception that they never had to do before. Thanks to the Rand Paul filibuster.

Fundamental Truth

The Mainstream Media sacrifice their Journalistic Integrity to help the Obama Administration Advance their Agenda

The president has warned that the $85 billion in spending cuts of the sequester will gut government programs leaving Americans at great peril. This despite baseline budgeting automatically increases spending every year. From 1974 (after Nixon decoupled the dollar from gold and the government adopted baseline budgeting) through 2008 (before the spending orgy of the Obama administration) federal spending increased approximately 7.5% each year. Crunching the numbers for the spending increase from 2012 to 2013 we get $284.7 billion. Applying the cuts of the sequester reduces this increase in spending to $199.7 billion. We will spend more in 2013 than we did in 2012. Even AFTER the sequester cuts. So all the peril the president is warning us about is not real. He’s lying for political gain.

Yet the mainstream media is discussing this issue as if there are real cuts in spending. That we will reduce spending in the numerous government programs the president warns about if we let the sequester happen. Less food inspection. Less airport security. Fewer police officers. Fewer firefighters. Fewer teachers. Fewer flu vaccinations. And less childcare. In their reports they discuss these as a matter of fact. When they are just not true. And it’s no secret. Anyone can do what we did and look at federal outlays and see the automatic spending increases each year. And see that we will still spend more in 2013 after the sequester cuts than we did in 2012. You’d think a journalist would study the facts. The historical record. And then question the president and his administration. Ask them why they are lying. But they don’t. Why?

Because they are partisan. Committed to the leftist agenda the president is trying to pass. So they either help spread the lie. Being complicit in the lie. Or they spread the lie because they are victims of the lie. They are so committed to the leftist agenda that they don’t question anything coming from the liberal left. Because they want to believe. They sacrifice their journalistic integrity to help the administration advance their agenda. More a propaganda arm of the administration than a free press. The kind of journalism they practice in Venezuela. Cuba. China. North Korea. And the kind of journalism they practiced in East Germany. The Soviet Union. And Nazi Germany. Where there was no free press. Only state propaganda. Propaganda in a totalitarian regime is one thing. They already oppress their people and their news is more for the benefit of outsiders. Where they lie about record harvests. And record gains in industrial production. Things their people have long stopped believing as they suffer through the misery of the reality. But it’s different in a free country. For it lends legitimacy for illegitimate actions of government. And allows them to overstep the restraints of their constitutional authority.

The Mainstream Media helped Downplay the Resurgent al Qaeda in Benghazi to help President Obama win Reelection

In 2010 the greatest cause of accidental deaths for children age 5-15 was motor vehicle accidents. In 2010 there were 806 deaths. Representing 49.1% of all deaths. The number two cause was drowning with 251 deaths. Or 15.3% of the total. Next came fire/burn at 135 deaths. Then death by suffocation at 79 deaths. Then death by other land transportation at 68 deaths. Then poisoning at 54 deaths. Then came firearms at 37 deaths. Yet many in the mainstream media actively support the Obama administration in their push for gun control. Especially a ban on assault weapons. Even if (as they say so often) it saves only one child. But guns aren’t the leading cause of death for children. In fact, as horrific as scenes like the Newtown shooting are they are very rare occurrences. Far more children die in automobile accidents each year. No doubt because we are driving smaller cars to save the planet (lighter cars means greater gas mileage and less pollution). But the journalists don’t report this fact. Because they endorse the leftist agenda of saving the planet. And more gun control. Even if saving the planet means the death of more children from driving in smaller and less safe cars. While more gun control probably won’t save a single child.

The Obama administration’s foreign policy record has been a poor one. The greatest threat to peace and stability in the Mideast and North Africa is Iran. Yet the Obama administration did not support the Green Revolution protesting the 2009 Iranian election results that most felt were unfair. There are few bigger enemies of the United States. The Iranian supported insurgency killed or wounded a lot of U.S. military in Iraq. Our strongest allies in the region (Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia) all feared growing Iranian influence in the region. But given an opportunity to support an uprising that could overthrow a great enemy to peace and stability the Obama administration did nothing. But when the Arab Spring swept through Egypt the president abandoned one of America’s most stalwart allies and the anchor to stability in the region. Hosni Mubarak. Now the Iranian influence in Egypt is stronger than ever. When the Arab Spring spread to Libya the Obama administration supported that movement, too. Despite Colonel Muammar Gaddafi having denounced terrorism and supported the Americans in the war against al Qaeda. When the Arab Spring spread to Syria the president did not support that protest. Despite Syria being Iran’s strongest ally in the region. A sponsor of terrorism. And a nation with a chemical arsenal likely manufactured by Iraq (those weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein had used on his people but had disappeared when the Americans arrived on the scene, likely having skedaddled across the border into Syria). As bad as the ruling regime was in Syria we did nothing to help Syrians overthrow their oppressor.

Now civil war engulfs Syria. Elements of al Qaeda have joined the opposition. Making sure Iran wins however things turn out there. And the Iranian influence is stronger than ever in Libya. When al Qaeda killed the American diplomat in Benghazi the Obama administration made up a story about a YouTube video causing spontaneous protests that led to the ambassador’s death along with three other Americans. To downplay a resurgent al Qaeda during the 2012 election campaign. As they had refused to beef up security in Benghazi as the ambassador requested. Because it would look bad in the 2012 election. Yet the mainstream media did not question these very poor decisions the Obama administration made for political reasons. Instead accepting their position that there was nothing newsworthy in Benghazi. Which they wholeheartedly reported. Refusing to even ask questions. Such as why did they refuse the ambassador’s request for more security? Who edited the talking points for Ambassador Rice used for the Sunday morning shows? Or why is al Qaeda now stronger in the Middle East, North Africa and West Africa after 4 years of the Obama administration that they were during 8 years of the Bush administration? No. They showed no journalistic curiosity. Or integrity. Simply accepting the administration’s statements as fact. While the Middle East and Africa become more dangerous places.

The Mainstream Media is no longer a Free Press for the People but a Propaganda Arm of the Obama Administration

Obamacare is the most sweeping change to the American economy since LBJ’s Great Society. Which was the most sweeping change since FDR’s New Deal. The American Left has always wanted a national health care system. Just like what they have in the United Kingdom. The Left likes to point to their National Health Service (NHS) as the right way to do health care. As does the mainstream media. Yet if you read the British papers their NHS is not all the American Left says it is. Britain’s aging population has caused health care spending to explode. The UK is in the midst of massive budget cuts to bring down health care spending. While the NHS has long tried to deal with chronic problems of long wait times. Rationing. A shortage of doctors and nurses. Even ambulances. Their emergency rooms are overflowing with people with non-emergencies as the NHS closed their neighborhood clinics to reduce costs. And the quality of care has been falling in their hospitals. The problems in the NHS are no secret. All you have to do is pick up a British paper and read about them. For they are ongoing. Yet the mainstream media never reported these problems during the Obamacare debate. Or what passed for a debate. No. They never asked how Obamacare was going to avoid all the problems they were having in the NHS. Which they should have. As the US has an aging population, too. Worse, they have about five times the population the UK has. Guaranteeing any problems they have will be five times worse in the US. Serious questions a good journalist should have asked. But no. They didn’t. Because they support the liberal agenda more than they believe in journalistic integrity. So they only report what helps the administration. While avoiding anything that is critical of them. Or their agenda.

When it comes to economics the mainstream media are all supporters of Keynesian economics. Despite their record of failure. When Nixon decoupled the dollar from gold in 1971 it allowed the government to go all in with Keynesian economics. And they did. Printing so much money that it led to excessive inflation, high unemployment and economic stagnation. Ronald Reagan reversed those Keynesian policies. His administration stopped printing money. And got the government out of the private sector economy. Cutting regulations. As well as tax rates. And economic activity exploded. There was so much economic activity that tax revenue nearly doubled. Even at those lower tax rates. But the mainstream media doesn’t report this. Instead, they revise history. Always supporting Keynesian economic policies as they allow government to expand. So they can implement their leftist agenda. Which is anti-business. Pushing higher regulations. And higher taxes. And whenever anyone talks about Reaganomics they say those cuts in tax rates only increased the deficit. When the historical record clearly shows tax receipts increased. Which they could easily look up (see Table 2.1—RECEIPTS BY SOURCE: 1934–2017). But they don’t. Or chose not to. Preferring to support the liberal agenda. Instead of having journalistic integrity.

The mainstream media today is no longer a free press for the people. They are an extension of the Democrat Party. At least the liberal wing of the Democrat Party. More of a propaganda arm of the Obama administration. That is more interested in changing the country than keeping our politicians honest. Or reporting the facts. They are fiercely partisan. Or they are just not very smart. Either woefully ignorant of the material they report on. Or so in the bag for the Obama administration that they will report falsehoods as truth. The kind of thing that isn’t a big deal in a totalitarian regime. But a pretty big deal in a free country with a government that continues to try to exceed its constitutional authority. For a free press is the vanguard of a free country. Keeping the politicians honest so they can’t exceed their constitutional authority. And if the journalists aren’t going to do their job by the time we find out what our politicians are doing it will be too late. As we now have Obamacare as law. Which passed on partisan lines. With enough moderates and independents voting for Obamacare as few in America knew of all the problems the British were having with their national health care. Today it’s Obamacare. Tomorrow it may be gun control. Or a war in the Middle East thanks to a resurgent al Qaeda. And a growing Iranian influence. Thanks to such a poor job in foreign policy that if the mainstream media had reported it honestly President Obama may not have won reelection. And four Americans may not have died in Benghazi.

Week in Review

The mainstream media in America is more like the propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party than the Chinese journalists who risk their lives and careers to report the truth. The American media loves their president. And fawn over him in a cult of personality. Telling him things like, “Excellent job, Mr. President.” And, “How wise of you to say that, Mr. President.” And, “What a shame that YouTube video did to our consulate in Benghazi, Mr. President.” President Obama can do no wrong in their eyes. Something the Chinese Communists wish their media would be more like (see Former Beijing Publisher Honored For Resisting Censors by Sophia Fang posted 1/17/2013 on The Epoch Times).

Dai Zigeng, the publisher that was reported to have resigned recently after refusing to reprint state propaganda, was honored with the 2012 Most Influential Person award at a prominent Chinese media conference ceremony…

The censorship row against Southern Weekly, a liberal newspaper in southern China, was triggered when the Guangdong chief propaganda official Tuo Zhen altered the paper’s New Year’s edition to praise the Communist Party…

One of the regime’s mouthpiece media, the Global Times responded with an editorial titled “Southern Weekly issue prompts soul-searching over media’s role,” saying that the defiance displayed by Southern Weekly was incited by hostile foreign forces.

Dai was publisher of the Beijing News, a newspaper that was forced to reprint the Global Times’ attack. He refused, and resigned. The paper was made to print it anyway.

The Central Propaganda Department then commanded all municipal level newspapers to reprint the Global Times editorial. According to Hong Kong media Ming Pao, propaganda chief Li Qibao issued a “must print” mandate to newspapers that hadn’t reprinted the editorial. Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of Chinese Communist Party, Liu Yunshan also reportedly helped with enforcement.

The U.S. doesn’t have a problem like this. As the mainstream media doesn’t need “must print” mandates. They are such sycophants of the Obama administration that they will write glowing pieces of propaganda without orders to do so. And they will self-censor themselves. They won’t report on anything that reflects poorly on the Obama administration. Just ask yourself where was the reporting on Fast and Furious? On Benghazi? When he told the Russian diplomat he will have more freedom to address Vladimir Putin’s concerns on American missile defenses after the election? Unless you caught it on Fox you probably didn’t hear about these things.

The mainstream media acts voluntarily like the propaganda arm of this administration. While Chinese journalists risk their lives and careers to maintain journalistic integrity. Something their counterparts in America know nothing about. Having sold their journalistic souls just so they can be part of the “In” crowd. So they can go to the best parties in Washington. And rub shoulders with the beautiful people. The rich and powerful. And the celebrities.

Week in Review

The mainstream media has a liberal bias. They support liberal Democrats and their policies. They report favorably on liberal Democrats. And attack the conservative opposition. Liberals have benefitted nicely from this partnership with the mainstream media. Virtually having their own propaganda ministry. And they use it to advance a liberal agenda. They have tried to pass legislation like the Fairness Doctrine to muzzle Rush Limbaugh in particular and talk radio in general. They belittle Fox News and say it is a Right wing shill for simply not having a liberal bias. They hate the Tea Party and blame them for any obstruction of liberal policies in Congress. Some on the Left have even called for the rounding up and imprisoning of these ‘enemies of the state’ who oppose their liberal agenda. Pining for the days before the Internet, cable television and talk radio when they had full control of the only three news networks. Which is another reason why liberals love China (see Chinese protest outside newspaper gates in rare censorship demo by NBC News staff and wire reports posted 1/7/2013 on Behind the Wall on NBC News).

Scores of supporters of one of China’s most liberal newspapers demonstrated outside its headquarters on Monday in a rare protest against censorship, backing an unusual strike by journalists against interference by the provincial propaganda chief…

Negotiations between journalists and officials, whom the protesters held responsible for replacing a New Year’s letter to readers that called for a constitutional government with another piece lauding the party’s achievements, continued into the night, a senior journalist who asked not to be named told NBC News…

The protesters, most of them young, laid down small handwritten signs that said “freedom of expression is not a crime” and “Chinese people want freedom…”

The non-profit watchdog group Reporters without Borders ranked China at 174th out of 179 spots in its 2011-2012 press freedom index. The United States ranked 47th in the annual report, six rungs above Hong Kong, a former British colony which is administered separately from China’s mainland.

“China, which has more journalists, bloggers and cyber-dissidents in prison than any other country, stepped up its censorship and propaganda in 2011 and tightened its control of the Internet, particularly the blogosphere,” the group said in a report about the rankings.

What is the difference between liberals and conservatives? In this case liberals would have sympathies for the Chinese Communist Party. For they admire the Chinese way. Just as they admired the Soviet way. Where smart state planners ran the economy. And prevented any private business owners from getting rich. And these smart state planners even ran their personal lives. Doing things that were for their best interests. Because they were smarter than the people and knew what was best. Even if the people disagreed.

Conservatives, meanwhile, would have sympathies for the Chinese people. For they are simpatico with them. Facing the same assault on their liberties from an ‘enlightened’ ruling class. Albeit to a lesser degree than these Chinese lovers of liberty. So far.

Fundamental Truth

Liberal Control of Pop Culture, the Mainstream Media and the Colleges help push their Minority Views onto the Majority

What do you think the breakdown of people in the United States is? Politically speaking. What are the percentages of conservatives, liberals and moderates? If you watch/listen/read a lot of pop culture you no doubt think conservatives are in the minority. If you listen to the mainstream media you no doubt think that conservatives are in the minority. If you’re young and/or are in college you no doubt think that conservatives are in the minority. Would it surprise you to learn that conservatives are actually in the majority? Well, then, surprise.

According to Gallup, in 2011 40% of the American people identified themselves as conservative. While 35% identified themselves as moderate. And only 21% identified themselves as liberal. Surprising, huh? Especially when the ‘appropriate’ behavior appears to be to snicker at and belittle conservatives these days. Forcing them into the closet. For one thing you never hear of is a closet-liberal. No, they can be in your face. Any time. Any place. And it’s okay. But a conservative has to lower his or her voice and look around first to see if it’s ‘okay’ to express his or her political opinion. Why is that?

Well, it helps to control the major channels of communication. Pop culture. The mainstream media. And colleges. It also helps that young adults want to escape the responsible parenting of their parents so they can party and have as much sex that is humanly possible. Which makes them a very useful pawn for liberals to advance their minority views. Because liberals aren’t their parents. But they act and talk like their parents. When they attack their parents. With an air of all-knowing condescension. Exasperation. And arrogance. The only difference between kids’ parents and these liberals is that kids’ parents are trying to do what is best for their kids. While liberals are trying to do what is best to advance their minority views.

Liberals speak with such Arrogant Confidence that it makes Some People Feel that they Must be Right

Women fall for bad boys. Even though they are not particularly bright. Or have great earning potential. That’s why so many women can never find true happiness in a relationship. At least based on the high divorce rates. It’s just the way it is. Because women aren’t attracted to short, fat, balding guys that have good but boring careers. No matter how beautiful they are on the inside. No. These women are attracted to the men that will ultimately cheat on them. These men who can’t stand the thought of being in a monogamous relationship. Because they are bad boys. Rebels. Nonconformists. Alpha males. Confident and cocky. Who don’t like having any limits placed on them. And want to enjoy every moment of life. Especially since feminists have empowered women. Giving them all the birth control and access to abortion they need to please these alpha males. Which lets these men enjoy as many women sexually as is humanly possible. No, marriage is not for them. Neither is a monogamous relationship. For there is just too much passion in their hearts for one woman.

Everyone is attracted to the alpha male. Women want to be with them. And men want to be around them. To be like them. To enjoy a little of their world. For arrogance is attractive. People are attracted to strong people who are sure of themselves. Who never doubt themselves. And feel safer whenever they are around. Like the cowboys in the Old West. When life was scary. And nothing made you feel safer than having a manly cowboy around to protect you. And this is how liberals advance their minority view. It’s their arrogance that makes people feel that they must be right. For they speak with such confidence. Without a shadow of doubt. And anyone so sure and so full of themselves must know what they are talking about. Besides, they make the stuff we want to do (like having a lot of sex) seem the right thing enlightened people do.

But arrogance and intelligence are not the same thing. Pick your favorite celebrity who’s attacked a conservative. Or conservative policies. And ask yourself if you think they understand economics. Do they understand that high inflation is a monetary problem? That governments cause high prices by printing too much money? Do they know that stimulus spending fails to stimulate the economy because sellers increase their prices to offset the coming inflation (rational expectations)? Before anyone spends that stimulus money? Resulting in no new economic activity. Only higher prices. Do they understand that everyone prices oil on the international market in U.S. dollars? And that government inflation causes gasoline prices to rise (as the oil sellers raise their prices to offset that inflation)? Do they understand that government regulations are another cost of business that businesses add to their selling prices? Do they understand that jobs in the private sector pay for all government spending including all government jobs? Do they know that free markets have promoted equality and reduced discrimination (women have a better life in a country with free markets than they do in a country like Iran)? Do they know that Karl Marx was wrong in his economic thinking (as technology increases in capitalistic countries workers see their wages rise over time, not fall into perpetual poverty)?

Liberals can push their Minority Views onto the Majority because of the Perception that their Views are the Majority

Of course they don’t know. They haven’t the foggiest clue about things economic. And are only liberals so no one picks on them for their obscene wealth and their extravagant lifestyles. No. They don’t attack conservatives for economic reasons. They attack them because they’ve just learned that it’s appropriate to attack conservatives. To snicker at them. To belittle them. Which they learned from their pop culture. From the mainstream media. And from our colleges. They don’t know how to articulate their beliefs. Because they don’t understand what they criticize. And mask their ignorance with an air of all-knowing condescension. Exasperation at those who disagree with them. And, of course, arrogance. By attacking and ridiculing conservatives. But never engaging them in an ideological debate.

And this is how the 21% pushes their minority views on the majority population. It’s sort of like real estate. It’s all about perception. Because they have pop culture, the mainstream media, the colleges and young adults (who want an alternative to their parents so they can have fun) their views appear to be in the majority. Not in the minority. So their views appear to be the ‘right’ views. Just like that story about a small realtor who has only two signs in town. One on the road into town. And one on the road out of town. Making people driving on that road think, “Wow. This must be the biggest realtor in town. I see their signs everywhere.”

And so it is with liberalism. When people hear their minority views everywhere they feel that these views are the ‘biggest’ views in town. And don’t question the ideology supporting them. Or the economics. Or the history of their failure.